Silsbee ISD Braces for Busy Fall of 1950s School Year
Fall activities loom as 3250 students return to Silsbee Independent School District Sept 5. Football practice opens with 55 players under Head Coach Ray McGallion. New administration, office moves, and building additions set the stage, with Bruce Watts guiding book distribution and class scheduling alongside Supt Don L. Hough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District
Ray McGallion
Jimmy Joe Rand
Sidney Dauphin
Tony Rothrock
Silsbee
Bruce Watts
Watts
Weeks Crawford
Kirby
Maurice Hobbs
Crawford
Don L. Hough
North Sixth Street
Ave. H
Elizabeth Williams
Janet Benson
Hough
H. B. Neild and Sons
North Sixth
Two Local Men Pay Heavy Fines In Game Violations
Two Silsbee men, Robert Bumstead and Glenn Ruse, paid a total of 251 dollars in Judge Louis Sellers' Justice Court for possession of wild deer in closed season. Bumstead faced 100 dollars plus 21.50 costs, and Ruse 100 dollars plus 29.50 costs after pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Louis Sellers
Justice Court
Olan Davis
Robert Bumstead
Rt. 1
Hardin County
Glenn Ruse
Port Neches
Kountze
Sellers
Davis
Elmo Kirkendall
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
State Highway Patrol
Silshee
Highway 92
Deep Creek
Camp Mitigwa
Drainage Study Cost Near Ten Thousand for Silsbee
Engineer Spence Love of Charles R. Haile and Associates told Silsbee city council a drainage study will cost about ten thousand dollars. He noted total system cost depends on water volume and source. Council members deferred action pending further consideration. Sam Yawn Sr. and wife visited Lake Charles, La., recently at the home of John D. Collins and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Spence Love
Charles R. Haile
Sam Yawn Sr
Lake Charles
John D. Collins
Silsbee School Budget Hits One Million Mark
Silsbee schools will operate under a million dollar budget for the first time, marking a major funding milestone for the district. The 1961 1962 school year annual appropriation shows growth in state aid and local revenue, with administrators noting priorities in classrooms, facilities, and programs.
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Silsbee Schools
Local Births and School Budget Upheaval in Silsbee
Community notices report numerous births across Key West and surrounding towns, listing parents and birth dates from Aug 1 to Aug 13. The Silsbee school board discusses a tentative budget of 1 002 090 30 with a proposed 810 raise for teachers, local funding covering the delta, and a plan to maintain a 1 65 per 100 valuation tax rate. The board also accepts resignations and approves staff hires as well as carpet decisions for a new home economics room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
den Hough
Silsbee
Hough
Moore couple’s daughter Cynthia Ann born in Silsbee
Mr and Mrs A L Moore and their children from Longview visited Mr and Mrs C B Moye of Silsbee on Sunday and announced the birth of their daughter Cynthia Ann born on August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Miller
Enid
Okla
Bill Garrett
W. D. Churchwell
Paul’s Valley
Coy Ponder
Margaret LaRee
J. G. Wright
Eusa
A. E. Courtney
EF. HH. Hemmenway
Port Neches
F. H. Hemmenway
E. A. Davis
A L. Moore
Longview
C. B. Moye
of Silsbee
Cynthia Ann
Land firm objects to school tax protest letter
Glen L. Kirby, manager of the tax and title department at Southwestern Settlement and Development Co., writes to respond to last week’s story on their firm’s protest of the 1961 school tax assessment. He outlines reasons and arguments supporting the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Firm
Glen L. Kirby
Tax and Title Department
Southwestern Settlement and Development Co
The
BEE
Reminder for Silsbee school registration 61-62
A second reminder outlines new and returning student registration in Silsbee. Junior high new students register Aug 30 with others to report Sept 5. senior high and bus students register Aug 30. Waldo Mathews and Frank Robinson’s schools also register Aug 30 from 8 a.m. Read-Turlentine and Kirby elementary schools begin Aug 21, with daily 8 to 11 a.m. windows until Sept 5. Beginners must present birth certificates and smallpox vaccines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Griffith
Silsbee
Waldo Mathews
Frank Robinson
Read-Turrentine and
Kirby
Services Held Here For Archie G. Murphey
Archie Glenn Murphey 51 died of a heart attack Sunday at his home in Silsbee. He was assistant cashier at Silsbee State Bank for 12 years and a World War II Navy veteran. Survived by wife Frances, son Michael Glenn Murphey in the Navy, two daughters, parents, siblings, and many bank and Kirby Lumber employees. Funeral Tuesday at First Methodist Church with burial at Forest Lawn Beaumont.
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Archie Glenn Murphey
Silsbee State Bank
North 10Th Street
First Methodist Church
Eugene Jonte
Murphey
Bank
South Pacific
Kirby Lumber Corp
Frances Murphey
Silsbee
Michael Glenn Murphey
U.S. Navy
Jimmy McMurray
Galveston
Sharon Murphey
Joe H. Murphey
Plain Dealing
Joe H Murphey Jr
Marshall
Edward Murphey
Woodville
J. B. Mays
Slocum
C. C. DeMoss
Ll. D. Self
L. G. Jordan
William Barclay
Ernie Dietrich
Robert Newland
Harmon Weathersby
First Methloal Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
Farner Funeral Home of
Quarterback Club Delays Elections For 1961 Officers
The Silsbee Quarterback Club postponed officer elections to next week during Tuesday’s meeting. A committee was appointed to arrange the annual father and son feed, planned before the school opens on September 5. Coach Ray McGallion introduced the coaching staff and outlined returnees and prospects for the upcoming season. The club meets every Tuesday at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Ray McGallion
Grid Workouts Begin At Silsbee Camp In August Heat
Football at Silsbee in 1961 under coach Ray McGallion opens with brisk drills in sultry August heat. 52 hopefuls, including Glen Ward a 223 lb letterman, appear on a lineup built from 12 returning lettermen from last year’s 7-3 team.
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Silsbee Tiger
Ray McGallion
Glen Ward
Letterman
Ward
Me‘Gallion
Woodville
John Clawson
Jimmy Hargrove
Tommy Hare
Wayne Nash
Don Hartman
Jerry Lindsey
Randy Read
Bo Tarver
Johnny Upshaw
Nicky Gilbert
Paul Johnson
Punky Parks
Land Deal Near Silsbee Involves Large Acreage
Kirby Lumber Corp would acquire from 7000 to 9000 acres of timberland northwest of Silsbee from owners linked to Southwestern Settlement and Development. The purchase price is not disclosed. The land lies west of Gore's Store, with surveys completed, and would augment Kirby's Southeast Texas holdings.
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Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corporation
The
Bee
Kirby
Southwestern Settlement and Development Company
Texas
Kirby Lumber sawmill tours begin next Tuesday
Public tours of Kirby Lumber Corp sawmill in Silsbee start next Tuesday with reservations already secured for a special group and individuals. Arrangements for tours of the Kirby mill and East Texas Pulp and Paper Co in Evadale were coordinated by the chamber of commerce and company officials. Tours at Eastex begin Sept 7 with sawmill tours on the second and fourth Tuesdays and paper mill visits on the first and second Thursdays each month. Reservations can be made by calling the chamber of commerce at EV 5 2201. Mrs Duke Ashcraft is confined to a hospital in GwIport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Lumber Corp
Paul Georgas
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Kirby Mill
East Texas Pulp and Paper Copan
Evadale
Chamber of Commerce and Company
Eastex
Chamter of Commerce Office
Shrimp Boil Plans Made By East Texas Shrine Club
The second annual East Texas Shrine Club Shrimp Boil will be held Saturday September 2 at East Texas Pulp and Paper Company picnic grounds. F L McClanahan Jr ticket chairman and F L Dickenson general chairman lead the event with serving at 5 pm. Tickets are available from any Shriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Shrine Club
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
F. L. McClanahan Jr
F. L. Dickenson
McClanahan
Country Club Golf Tourney Pairings Announced
Hardin County Golf and Country Club announced pairings for the annual membership tournament. Sabine Pro-Am starts Friday with entrants from Beaumont Port Arthur Orange Groves Sulphur La and Silsbee. First round ends Friday 1 pm. second round Aug 21 27. finals by Sept 3. Winners prizes listed for Championship First Second Third flights.
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Hardin County Golf and Country Club
John Spiller
Spiller
Sabine
Sabine Area
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Groves
Sulphur
Silsbee
Pro
Dalton Raiford
Love
Bill Spillar
L. C. Lee
al Jones
Jim Rand
Newton Hopkins
Frank Ruelisaile
Richard Ratliff
New Electrical Supervisor Named At Eastex Paper
Larry Goats of Lufkin is named electrical supervisor at East Texas Pulp and Paper Co in Evadale. The appointment follows L P Bundy’s promotion to plant engineer. Goats, a Texas A&M graduate from Sour Lake, has eight children and has worked at Southland Paper in Lufkin since 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastex Paper
Larry Goats
Lufkin
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Evadale
L. C. Menus
Goats
Southland Paper
L. P. Bundy
Mall
Mr. Goats
Texas A&m College
Sour Lake
Jr High Grid Drills Open Aug 28 Season Begins Sept 21
Sushee Junior High football drills begin August 28 for eighth and ninth graders with workouts daily 10 to noon August 21–25 for uniform checks. Seventh graders start September 4. Opening game vs Victor September 21 in Victor with a full schedule following through November 9.
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Sushee
A. Wallace
Cubs
Victor
Beaumont Crockett
Beaumont Austin
Jesper
Amelia
Beaumont Dowling
Beaumont MacArthur
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Dali
Tigers
Kay Yoksh
Isabel Bledge
Read-Turrentine
W. E. Shef
Field
Sheffield
I. B. Griffith
Dr. A. Johns
Mathleen Brent
Robinson
Waldo Panthers
Wesley Shaw
Chester Burks
Jeft
Hobbs
Wayne Hatcher
Key West
Fla
Gary Allen
W. M. Curry
Hatcher
Alice Curry
Rex Bovett
Baptist Hospital
Silsbee Bern
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Wheutre
R. J. Smith
Carol Joyce
Laura Evelyn
W. T. McGeathon
D. J. Drake
Tammy Lynn
Don Larry
L. D. Jenkins
Fred
Martha Vernon
P. E
George Smith
James Stephens
Jewel Bankenship
Luelle Hanks
Jane Grotemat
Una Mae Gary
Harold Gardner
Ralph Winkle
Marion Tipton
Read Turrentine
Bertha Eaves
Pat Phelps
Ora Rhodes
Essie Mae Lewis
Jesse Richardson
Archie G. Murphey
Quarterback Club
Carl Adams
George Haynes
Morris Windham
Wayne Spurlock
Ronnie Conner
Edward Pontes
Pudgie Black
James Moore
Henry Holland
Gore
McGee Bend Dam
Duke Ashcraft
Gwiport Muss
Country Club
W. M. Curry Heave
Mrs
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